"For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendethd rain upon the earth."
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IV. THE PROPHET ELIJAH AND KING AHAB
1. Elijah's Prediction and Miracles
CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Elijah's message to Ahab (1 Kings 17:1)_
2. At the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:2)
3. With the widow of Zarep...
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ELIJAH IS FED BY RAVENS, AND RAISES THE WIDOW'S SON. Elijah appeared
suddenly: we hear nothing of his birth or parentage. He simply
announced to Ahab, in the name of Yahweh, before whom I stand (_cf._...
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BARREL OF MEAL. Figure of speech _Hypallage_ (App-6). meal in the
barrel....
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_God of Israel_ Omitted by the LXX., as are also, in the next verse,
the words -according to the saying of Elijah....
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C. ELIJAH AT ZAREPHATH 17:8-24
As the water supply at Cherith began to fail, God instructed Elijah to
leave the land of Israel and journey to the Phoenician village of
Zarephath. Two great miraculous...
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_FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THE BARREL OF MEAL SHALL NOT
WASTE, NEITHER SHALL THE CRUSE OF OIL FAIL, UNTIL THE DAY THAT THE
LORD SENDETH RAIN UPON THE EARTH._
The barrel of meal shall not...
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ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH
The prophet Elijah, who occupies so large a space in the succeeding
history, is, like his successor Elisha, conspicuous among the
prophetic figures of the OT. as a w...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 17
ELIJAH THE *PROPHET
V1 Now Elijah from Tishbe in Gilead spoke to Ahab. ‘I promise this
in the name of the *Lord because he is definite...
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כִּ֣י כֹה֩ אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כַּ֤ד הַ קֶּ֨מַח֙ לֹ֣א
תִכְלָ֔ה וְ צַפַּ֥חַת הַ...
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THE JAR OF MEAL THAT WASTED NOT
1 Kings 17:8
Even at Cherith we cannot be exempt from trial, and it is hard to sit
beside a gradually dwindling brook. But God always provides. None of
them that trus...
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Here began a new order, the prophetic. Of course there had been
prophets before, but with the coming of Elijah the office was elevated
to national importance. From this point onwards, in the economy o...
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, (g) The barrel of meal shall
not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day [that]
the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
(g) God receives no bene...
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_Until, nor for some time afterwards; otherwise they would still have
been in danger of perishing, as the corn could not grow immediately.
(Salien, the year before Christ 929.)_...
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(10) So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate
of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks:
and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little...
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The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion,
always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was
insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 AND 18.
Elijah and Elisha, on the contrary (witnesses for God in the midst of
a people that according to grace God still recognised as His own, but
who ha...
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FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Whom the prophet perceived
she had knowledge of, and faith in:
THE BARREL OF MEAL SHALL NOT WASTE, NEITHER SHALL THE CRUSE OF OIL
FAIL; that is, the meal in...
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day [that] the
LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
Ver. 14. _The barrel of meal...
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_Make me thereof a little cake first_ This he requires as a trial of
her faith, charity, and obedience, which he knew God would graciously
and plentifully reward; and so this would be a great example...
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1 Elijah hauing prophecied against Ahab, is sent to Cherith, where the
rauens feed him.
8 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath.
17 Hee raiseth the widowes sonne.
24 The woman beleeueth him.
1 AND...
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ELIJAH IN ZAREPHATH...
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ELIJAH PROPHESIES A DROUGHT
(vs.1-7)
Ahab was suddenly confronted by a prophet who had never been mentioned
before, Elijah the Tishbite, the first prophet of God spoken of as
arising from among the...
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SENDETH:
_ Heb._ giveth...
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8-16 Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, and some, it is
likely, would have bidden him welcome to their houses; yet he is sent
to honour and bless with his presence a city of Sidon, a Ge...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, in whom I perceive thou trustest.
THE BARREL OF MEAL, i.e. the meal of the barrel; an hypallage or
metonymy. So THE CRUSE OF OIL, for _the oil of the cruse_....
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1 Kings 17:14 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 bin
H3537 flour H7058 up H3615 (H8799) jar H6835 oil H8081 dry H2637
(H8799) day H3117 LORD H3068 sends H5414 (H8800) rain H1653 on H64...
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YHWH MAKES PROVISION FOR ELIJAH WITH A WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH (1 KINGS
17:8).
The water in the Wadi Cherith having almost dried up, God now directed
Elijah to go to Zarephath, where He would arrange for...
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CONTENTS: Elijah's ministry and prediction of drought. Elijah fed.
Raising of the widow's son.
CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Ahab, Sarephath woman, her son.
CONCLUSION: God can wonderfully raise up serva...
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1 Kings 17:1. _Elijah the Tishbite._ His parentage is not named, but
the Jews call him a levite or a priest. He swore to Ahab in the name,
not of Baal, but of Jehovah. As the Lord had promised
covenan...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 17:1 Elijah and Ahab. Other prophets had
addressed earlier kings (see 1 Kings 14:7; 1 Kings 16:1). Until now no
one had addressed the house of Omri. But now Elijah is introduce...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 17:9. ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGETH TO ZIDON—_Sarepta_, situate
between Tyre and Sidon, in the native land of Jezebel. Yet this
“widow” knew JEHOVAH (1 Kings 17:...
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EXPOSITION
ELIJAH AND THE GREAT DROUGHT.—The picture which the historian has
just drawn of the shameless idolatry and the gross degeneracy of the
earlier part of Ahab's reign forms a fit prelude to an...
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By Chuck Smith
Let's turn to the First Kings, chapter seventeen.
The seventeenth chapter of First Kings introduces us now to a very
interesting character, Elijah the Tishbite, whatever Tishbite means....
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1 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 3:16; 2 Kings 4:2; 2 Kings 4:42; 2 Kings 7:1; 2
Kings 9:6; Matthew 14:17; Matthew 15:36...
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JEHOVAH-JIREH
_Selections from 1 Kings 17:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our God is the God who is enough. There is no good thing which He
withholds from them who walk uprightly. Our God is able to make all...
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The barrel, &c. — The meal of the barrel So the cruse of oil for the
oil of the cruse....